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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Serving Novell clients using FreeBSD
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 23:29:36 -0700
Organization: Me
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Ollivier Robert wrote:
]
] [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
]
] In article <4nppc7$fi1@charm.il.ft.hse.nl>,
] Edwin Mons <edwinm@il.ft.hse.nl> wrote:
] > Is there free software to serve files to Novell-clients? I do not
] > have the resources to buy Netwar/NFS (or equiv.).
]
] I'm afraid no. Full server require NCP support and most of it
] is not available freely from Novell. You can use FreeBSD as an
] IPX router but not as a client or a server.
]
] Terry will no doubt correct me if I've forgotten something :-)
There is a restricted subset API NCP server source available
on the net. Since FreeBSD supports IPX routing using a virtual
net (like it's supposed to be supported according to Novell),
it should be an easy port from the Linux sources.
Be aware, however, that you will not get NDS, transaction
tracking, license management, old client compatability,
etc. from anything but a Novell licensed server. There is
a UNIX version of a server, called NWU, which Novell will
license to interested parties. There is also client code
which they will license as well (called NUC). I don't know
what level the royalty buyout is at.
You may also want to contact Puzzle systems, which wrote their
server code to use the BPF, but which could be ported to use the
namtive FreeBSD IPX rather easily (or you could uninstall IPX
and use their BPF code).
AFAIK, the Puzzle systems code is a 3.x server, not a 4.x;
however, it is claimed to be a complete NCP implementation
at the 3.x level, unlike the free sources for Linux.
Be aware that you must have a legally licensed Novell server
in any even for any of these products to be able to answer
"get nearest server" requests... they require you to have
a login.exe, nlist.exe (or slist.exe), and other associated
binaries that are typically not licensed seperately from Novell
servers.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.